Color Hue Test

Just for fun check out your ability to recognize color hues here: Xritephoto.

This color test was created by the makers of the Color Munki calibration tool for monitors and other devices.

It's Time for Something Completely Different

A game to play with your mouse (of course when there is nothing otherwise amusing to do) here: Follow the mouse.

Event Photography

Our good friend and professional photographer Alec Johnson recently posted an item on his blog about photographing events. It includes examples of photographs he took at a local rodeo and music festival. He makes some good points about shooting events that are worth reviewing.

You can view his blogpost at:ACJohnsonPhotography.

Quality Lenses Never Die

A interesting article was published in a recent online post about a photographer who came into possession of a 102 year old lens and has started to put it to use. Click on the images below for a larger view:




Maybe this ends once and for all the debate over whether you should spend your hard earned money on a new camera, or a high quality lens?

TC Photography Group

Well known St. Paul Photographer Wing Young Huie will be at the Twin Cities Photography Group's St. Paul location to give a talk about his work and to sign two of the photographic books he has published. Click on the image below for more information about this presentation:




You can purchase Huie's photographic study of Frogtown, or his book Looking for Asian America prior to or after his presentation, but these will be available for signing at the presentation.

Adobe Photoshop Tour arrives in MInneapolis

Photoshop expert Dave Cross is coming to the Minneapolis convention center on October 18th for a one day seminar. Billed as the "Maximum Photoshop Seminar" he will explain many of the useful and sometimes overlooked tools in Photoshop that can make users more productive and creative.

To learn more, or to register for this seminar go to the Maximum Photoshop site.

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TIME LAPSE HD VIDEO

Many of the newest digital cameras feature HD video capability. This gives photographers another creative tool to explore. One amazing use is to shoot time-lapse videos.

You Tube features a time lapse HD channel that contains some excellent examples of this creative art form. Go to the You Tube channel to view time lapse videos of the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and a forest fire, among others. Make sure you view the time lapse sequence of Vancouver City that shows fog rolling into and out of that city.

As the capabilities of digital cameras increase it's likely that we'll see many more creative video techniques in addition to time lapse productions.

Hunt's Photo Equipment Specials

We received word that Hunt's, a video and photo retailer in New England, is running an e-promotion with special prices on a variety of camera equipment.

Please note the Council does not endorse or support any specific retailers, but will continue to provide members with information that maybe useful to carrying out our craft.

You can check out these specials at: www.wbhunt.com/specials/.

News from the St. Paul Camera Club

A photo of California's restored Cape Mendocino Lighthouse, taken by St. Paul Camera Club member Gene Schwope appears in the September 2010 issue of Lighthouse Digest magazine.

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Bob Lundquist, St. Paul Camera Club member, won the following awards in the 2010 Washington County Fair photo contest:

Grand Champion ribbon for "King Vulture", wildlife category

Reserve Champion ribbon for "Havasu Falls", water category

Red Ribbon (2nd) for "The Rescue", candid shot of 2 or more people category

Pink Ribbon (4th) for "Jumping Figure 8", sports category

Morris Gildemeister and Herb Gustafson, St. Paul Camera Club members, judged prints for the 2010 Steele County Fair photo contest.

FALL COLORS

Its that time of year to prepare for the coming of fall colors. The Minneapolis StarTribune recently published an article that may help you find the fall color you desire.

Go to: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/102650969.html?page=1&c=y
to view the article, learn how leaves turn colors and see a map of where and when the fall colors are expected to appear.

You can also get information about the best locations to photograph fall color at the department of natural resources website located here: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fall_colors/index.html or the Explore Minnesota website at: http://www.exploreminnesota.com/fall-color-reports.

According to each of these resources we have a few weeks to go before they start changing up North and heading this way, but it pays to watch these sites and be prepared.

PSA COUNCIL CHALLENGE WINNERS

News Release - submitted by Pat Schwope

Thirteen camera councils from the United States, Finland, and China competed in this year's Photographic Society of America's Council Challenge, which was judged in July by the Bowie-Crofton Camera Club in Maryland.

The Twin Cities Area Council of Camera Clubs won fourth place overall in this year's Council Challenge; fourth place in digital and slides, and sixth place in prints. Awards will be presented at the October PSA Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

Congratulations to the following Camera Council club members who won individual awards:

First Place in slides - Marilyn Gladitsch - "May Hepaticas"
Honorable Mention in digital - John Anderson - "Owl Rise"
Honorable Mention in prints - Cynthia Fleury - "Rustic Boat"
Honorable Mention in prints - Geoffrey Kuchera - "The Barn Down The Lane"

Below is John Anderson's image "Owl Rise": Click on image for a larger view.



And Cynthia Fleury's Image "Rustic Boat":